Children all over the world need your help now – to survive in the present and thrive in the future.
INMED Partnerships for Children has officially launched its Face the Challenge Campaign designed exclusively for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. GFWC members, this is your chance to help us rescue children who are suffering now, and build strong leaders for the future.
How can you help?
- Pick a challenge: decide which challenge you and your club are most passionate about, fill out the online form and then download the campaign kit for the challenge you have selected.
- Plan your strategy: brainstorm and come up with creative ways to support INMED in fighting the challenge you have chosen to support.
- Mobilize your club: raise money and awareness to bring urgently needed solutions to vulnerable children.
What are the challenges?
Chronic and Infectious Disease
Millions of people around the world are dying each year due to chronic and infectious diseases. According to the Global Health Council, of the approximately 15 million people dying each year due to infectious diseases, nearly all live in developing countries. Additionally, according to the U.S. Department of State chronic diseases are a major cause of death and disability worldwide.
Mother and Child Health
A mother’s health is of vital importance to her children, but even with today’s medical advances, hundreds of thousands of women are still dying during or shortly after giving birth. According to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, up to 70% of newborns who die can be saved with inexpensive solutions such as access to sterile blades to cut umbilical cords.
Nutrition and Food Security
Almost a billion people go hungry every day. At the same time, malnutrition no longer just means too little food; it is also starting to mean too much food. According to World Health Organization statistics there are over 1 billion overweight adults globally, and a staggering 300 million of them are obese. Making matters worse, according to the United Nations, while there is enough freshwater for the world’s seven billion people, it is not distributed evenly, and what is available is largely wasted, polluted and not properly managed.
Instability and Displacement
People all over the world are displaced every day by war and conflict, natural disasters and economic crises. It is the families with young children who are particularly vulnerable, not just to the dangers that come with having to sleep on the sidewalk or in a car, but also to very serious physical harm and psychological damage.
Education
Millions of children do not have access to basic education, and those children living in vulnerable communities who are lucky enough to be going to school receive a limited education because of a lack of resources and teacher training. Unemployment and poverty are all that most of these children can look forward to.
There is no time to lose.
Our campaign target for each challenge is $60,000 by December 31, 2011, and $80,000 by May 15, 2012. Awards will be presented at the GFWC international convention in June 2012 for the club that raises the most money, the club that comes up with the most creative fundraising activity, and the state whose clubs raise the most money collectively.
Your support will make a huge difference in helping to rescue the suffering children we serve and transform their futures. If you have any questions, please contact Joey Shanahan, campaign coordinator, at jshanahan@inmed.org or 310-764-0955.
